5 Stars, Jaime's Reviews ‘Bamboozled’ Review: A Brilliant Satire That Hits You Like a Sledgehammer June 15, 2020June 15, 2020by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on ‘Bamboozled’ Review: A Brilliant Satire That Hits You Like a Sledgehammer Spike Lee's politically incorrect media satire from 2000 only hits with a different resonance today.
4½ Stars, Jaime's Reviews The Yards Review: The Understated Richness of James Gray’s Crime Drama March 17, 2019by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on The Yards Review: The Understated Richness of James Gray’s Crime Drama James Gray's second feature film may have gone understated, but its beauty still shines through.
4½ Stars, Jaime's Reviews Hong Sang-soo’s Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors: A Review May 29, 2018January 13, 2019by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on Hong Sang-soo’s Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors: A Review Hong Sang-soo's third film is a conversation about movies, subtly moody in the best way.
5 Stars, Jaime's Reviews Traffic Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Finest Hour in the Mainstream May 17, 2018June 13, 2018by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on Traffic Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Finest Hour in the Mainstream Steven Soderbergh's Oscar winning film remains among his best efforts.
4½ Stars, Jaime's Reviews Chicken Run – Review January 5, 2017January 5, 2017by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on Chicken Run – Review Works as pure entertainment for children and an allegory for prisoners of war. (✯✯✯✯½)
5 Stars, Jaime's Reviews In the Mood for Love – Review September 17, 2016March 28, 2018by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on In the Mood for Love – Review Captures a specific mood so perfectly, and traps its own viewers within that feeling from start to finish. (✯✯✯✯✯)
5 Stars, Jaime's Reviews Yi Yi – Review May 13, 2016July 19, 2016by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on Yi Yi – Review Life, in all its beauty. (✯✯✯✯✯)
3 Stars, Jaime's Reviews Mission: Impossible II – Review May 7, 2016July 19, 2016by Jaime RebanalLeave a Comment on Mission: Impossible II – Review Slick action sequences make up for the needless convolution of the first, yet still somewhat flat. (✯✯✯)